My nearly six years as chief of police in Aurora has caused my brain to rewire itself. I am now conditioned to immediately consider the

We often hear the phrase, “Find your Why.” It comes from Simon Sinek’s book, “Start with Why” and means aligning to purpose. When we engage

Since we were kids, people have always told us what to do. As soon as we developed the cognitive ability to follow directions, the orders

I just learned that you being alive is an absolute fluke. The probability of your being born was about one in 400 Trillion. For this

I’ve been blessed to teach a one-day Blue Courage class with Capt. Michael Nila (Ret.) at Florida International University for FIU PD and surrounding Miami-Dade

The backdrop is a classroom in a major city police department where officers are attending our 2-day Blue Courage training. The curriculum is different than

There is not a person among us who has not been wronged or hurt by someone. Whether it be a person with whom we are

The Associated Press just reported that police officers in Connecticut would be prohibited from stopping drivers for a broken headlight, displaying their license plates in

I went to Harvard. That statement is true(ish) because I was fortunate enough to spend three weeks attending the Harvard Kennedy School of Government “Executives

Message to the citizens of Aurora: When I first watched the video of the Minneapolis officer, I didn’t need to wait for more information to

  Throughout my career, I have been underestimated. From the moment I earned my badge, I’d show up on a call and people would say,

Life as we know it has stopped. When my daughter received notice that her summer abroad trip to Taiwan was canceled, she was devastated. She